CVE-2026-84272
IBM Guardium Data Protection Missing Authentication
02 Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection Missing Authentication
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-10.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-08 19:05Z20 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-10 12:16Z18 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-01
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6a57c52ec6b4e77e582454bff699ece2481d9c655f97c9c56b8c6e9f21f4410d
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly. For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection Edge patch 12.0p15004: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=12.2&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_12.0p15004_Edge&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc For all affected versions, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by applying the latest IBM Guardium Data Protection patch 12.0p147: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_12.0p147_FixPack&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc